Saturday Night Fever

Anniversary Karen Lynn Gorney Saturday Night Fever

OBSESSED WITH SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER

If you’re wondering who these two people are, the guy is a wealthy Italian, Gianluca Mech, and the woman is Karen Lynn Gorney – she was John Travolta’s leading lady in Saturday Night Fever. (She famously said no to Tony Manero.) It happens to be the 40th anniversary of the movie, and Mech is a superfan, to put it mildly. He spent $200,000 to duplicate the movie’s 2001 Odyssey Disco at exactly the same location in Bay Ridge, used in the movie. It’s now a Chinese restaurant, but Mech had a special lighted dancefloor built and redecorated the place for his party. He flew in 50 friends from Italy and invited anyone in disco vintage attire to join the party. Of course he invited the cast – Travolta didn’t show up, but Karen did, and Monti Rock III was DJ.

Photo Credit: Pacific Coast News

By Janet / December 14, 2017
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John Travolta Justin Bieber Saturday Night Fever

JUSTIN BIEBER WANTS TO BE A MOVIE STAR LIKE JOHN TRAVOLTA

We’ve been thinking about that rumor that Justin Bieber is interested in doing a remake of Saturday Night Fever. He’s been itching to break into movies and knows what that film did for John Travolta’s career. But we have a feeling that Justin isn’t interested in revisiting the seventies with polyester suits and Bee Gees disco music. He MIGHT make a fool of himself attempting that. It makes more sense to do an updated version with his own music and his character will probably have a posse of young rappers instead of Brooklyn Italians. We’re pretty sure the young rappers will closely resemble those moochers who live in Justin’s house and crack up his cars in real life. Just wait and see…

By Janet / May 16, 2013
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Bee Gees David Bowie Saturday Night Fever Space Oddity

BACK WHEN DAVID BOWIE HAD SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER

We LOVE this clip of David Bowie’s first major television performance singing “Space Oddity” in 1970. The brilliant Richard Metzger dug it up for Dangerous Minds and did us all a favor. Most enthralling is Bowie’s emphatic disco style – very Bee Gees inspired and long before he perfected his own look. He sounds great.

By Janet / July 12, 2011
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